The development objective of the Jharkhand Municipal Development Project for India is to improve urban service delivery and urban management capacity in participating urban local bodies.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include:(i) all affected common amenities such as community hand pumps, cultural properties, etc., will be relocated with consent of the using community; (ii) water sources (16 tube wells, 14 hand pumps) to be replaced by the contractor at a location suitable to the community; (iii) no excavation from the bund of the water bodies; (iv) waste collection bin at every bus bay/shelter; (v) control over the amount and types of waste (hazardous and non- hazardous); (vi) the municipal waste from the labour camp will only be routed through proper collection and handover to local municipal landfill for disposal; (vii) silt/sediment trap will be provided in areas susceptible to high erosion; (viii) traffic management/ diversions will be prepared in consultation with Dhanbad Traffic police department;(ix) construction material will be stored in designated area only; (x) suppression of fugitive dust emissions will be undertaken by spraying water, wetting of the stockpile, proper location of material stockpiles, especially sand and soil downwind from the habitations, or by providing wind breaks for stockpiles, covering of trucks with tarpaulin sheets during transportation of soil and material; (xi) minimize hammering and vibration compaction when in close proximity to structures, buildings or property boundary where applicable, residential class mufflers and engine shrouds (acoustic lining) will be used on all equipment; and (xii) No smoking’ signs will be placed in office, communal places construction camps as well as high-risk areas prone to fire hazards e.g. near fuel tanks.
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The development objective of the Dynamic Cities Integrated Development Project for Vietnam is to increase access to improved urban infrastructure services and enhance integrated urban planning and management capacity in the project cities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) Project Affected People (PAPs) losing from twenty percent or more of agricultural land will be compensated in cash at replacement cost for the acquired area; (ii) affected residential land-users will be compensated for the actually affected area in cash at replacement cost; (iii) compensation for expenses for repairing the remaining part for houses or structures being partly affected but the remaining area is viable to be used; (iv) compensation for the removal of graves or tombs will include the cost of land, excavation, relocation, reburial and other related costs, which is relevant to customary requirements; (v) cash compensation at full replacement cost for the affected crops or trees or domestic animals planted/raised on the affected land if they cannot be harvested/moved at time of land acquisition; (vi) PAPs losing twenty percent to seventy percent (ten percent to seventy percent for vulnerable households) of the agricultural land will be assisted is cash equivalent to value of thirty kilograms of rice/month/person for six months (if not displaced) and for twelve months (if displaced)); (vii) PAPs who directly cultivate on the affected agricultural land will be assisted for job training and job creation with an amount of equal 1.5 to 5 times of the acquired land value according to regulation of the PPC; (viii) PAPs being displaced and having no other place for dwelling will be assisted house rental for temporary dwelling; and (ix) households with two members as martyrs, households taking care of Vietnamese heroic mothers (still alive), households with at least one war invalids of 1/4 grade and sick soldiers of 1/4 grade shall receive an assistance of 3,000,000 Vietnam Dongs per household.
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The development objective of the Dynamic Cities Integrated Development Project for Vietnam is to increase access to improved urban infrastructure services and enhance integrated urban planning and management capacity in the project cities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) Project Affected People (PAPs) losing from twenty percent or more of agricultural land will be compensated in cash at replacement cost for the acquired area; (ii) affected residential land-users will be compensated for the actually affected area in cash at replacement cost; (iii) compensation for expenses for repairing the remaining part for houses or structures being partly affected but the remaining area is viable to be used; (iv) compensation for the removal of graves or tombs will include the cost of land, excavation, relocation, reburial and other related costs, which is relevant to customary requirements; (v) cash compensation at full replacement cost for the affected crops or trees or domestic animals planted/raised on the affected land if they cannot be harvested/moved at time of land acquisition; (vi) PAPs losing twenty percent to seventy percent (ten percent to seventy percent for vulnerable households) of the agricultural land will be assisted is cash equivalent to value of thirty kilograms of rice/month/person for six months (if not displaced) and for twelve months (if displaced)); (vii) PAPs who directly cultivate on the affected agricultural land will be assisted for job training and job creation with an amount of equal 1.5 to 5 times of the acquired land value according to regulation of the PPC; (viii) PAPs being displaced and having no other place for dwelling will be assisted house rental for temporary dwelling; and (ix) households with two members as martyrs, households taking care of Vietnamese heroic mothers (still alive), households with at least one war invalids of 1/4 grade and sick soldiers of 1/4 grade shall receive an assistance of 3,000,000 Vietnam Dongs per household.
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The development objective of the Dynamic Cities Integrated Development Project for Vietnam is to increase access to improved urban infrastructure services and enhance integrated urban planning and management capacity in the project cities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) Project Affected People (PAPs) losing from twenty percent or more of agricultural land will be compensated in cash at replacement cost for the acquired area; (ii) affected residential land-users will be compensated for the actually affected area in cash at replacement cost; (iii) compensation for expenses for repairing the remaining part for houses or structures being partly affected but the remaining area is viable to be used; (iv) compensation for the removal of graves or tombs will include the cost of land, excavation, relocation, reburial and other related costs, which is relevant to customary requirements; (v) cash compensation at full replacement cost for the affected crops or trees or domestic animals planted/raised on the affected land if they cannot be harvested/moved at time of land acquisition; (vi) PAPs losing twenty percent to seventy percent (ten percent to seventy percent for vulnerable households) of the agricultural land will be assisted is cash equivalent to value of thirty kilograms of rice/month/person for six months (if not displaced) and for twelve months (if displaced)); (vii) PAPs who directly cultivate on the affected agricultural land will be assisted for job training and job creation with an amount of equal 1.5 to 5 times of the acquired land value according to regulation of the PPC; (viii) PAPs being displaced and having no other place for dwelling will be assisted house rental for temporary dwelling; and (ix) households with two members as martyrs, households taking care of Vietnamese heroic mothers (still alive), households with at least one war invalids of 1/4 grade and sick soldiers of 1/4 grade shall receive an assistance of 3,000,000 Vietnam Dongs per household.
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The development objective of Improvement of Solid Waste Management to Support Regional and Metropolitan Cities Project is to improve solid waste management services for urban populations in selected cities across Indonesia.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) organize and implement Health and safety induction to all workers; (ii) develop and implement transportation management plan that includes usage of material cover during material transportation and/or perform dust control by spraying water on the streets and roads when mobilization is performed during a particular hot day (dry season) twice a day (noon and afternoon); (iii) for heavily trafficked areas such as access roads to active construction areas and for disturbed areas (e.g. land clearing areas), wet suppression (watering), gravel or asphalt surfacing, and equipment wash down areas will be employed as dust control measures as practical; (iv) utilize the vehicle that has pass the emission test; (v) install wind fencing upwind of the tipping area to reduce the wind strength as it crosses the facility; (vi) construction of buffer zones in the construction area; (vii) develop and implement a working plan to control and minimize odour; and (viii) recirculate the generated leachate to the old dumping and/or landfill cells.
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The development objective of Improvement of Solid Waste Management to Support Regional and Metropolitan Cities Project is to improve solid waste management services for urban populations in selected cities across Indonesia.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) organize and implement Health and safety induction to all workers; (ii) develop and implement transportation management plan that includes usage of material cover during material transportation and/or perform dust control by spraying water on the streets and roads when mobilization is performed during a particular hot day (dry season) twice a day (noon and afternoon); (iii) for heavily trafficked areas such as access roads to active construction areas and for disturbed areas (e.g. land clearing areas), wet suppression (watering), gravel or asphalt surfacing, and equipment wash down areas will be employed as dust control measures as practical; (iv) utilize the vehicle that has pass the emission test; (v) install wind fencing upwind of the tipping area to reduce the wind strength as it crosses the facility; (vi) construction of buffer zones in the construction area; (vii) develop and implement a working plan to control and minimize odour; and (viii) recirculate the generated leachate to the old dumping and/or landfill cells.
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The objective of the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project is twofold, namely to: (i) increase the employability and skills development of poor persons with disabilities (ages of 18-36 years); and (ii) improve the service delivery of special education needs to poor children with disabilities between the ages of 0- 6 years.
... See More + This reallocation proposes to reduce the amount for disbursement category: consultant services and goods under part three of the project (component three: monitoring and evaluation) from US$276,000 to US$199,656; and reallocate the difference of US$76,344 to disbursement category: consultant services under part four of the project (component four: project administration and management), increasing it from US$212,000 to US$288,344. (b) there are cost savings under part three of the project due to revised cost estimates of planned activities, which are being proposed to be reallocated to part four. The reallocation is being requested to ensure that the Project is adequately managed through its revised closing date, given the number and importance of remaining activities to be implemented. This reallocation has only been requested following an assessment of required costs to complete activities under part three of the project. Project Management has been facilitated through two consultancy positions under part four of the project, a Project Manager responsible for overall coordination, and a project officer responsible for day-to-day supervision. MLSS currently does not have the staff available to assume responsibility for these supervisory tasks through the revised closing date. As such, the reallocation proposes that these two consultancy positions continue to be financed through the RETF. The request does not compromise successful completion of component three activities (evaluation activities and the ESP MIS). Procurement of both activities is already underway. A supplemental document submitted with Government’s reallocation request outlines costing for remaining component three activities, and is attached to this request package. The reallocation request was not made at that time of the extension request, as the Bank deemed it necessary to ensure that procurement of remaining component three activities be initiated, and a thorough assessment of required costs be completed, before reallocating.
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The development objective of the Dynamic Cities Integrated Development Project for Vietnam is to increase access to improved urban infrastructure services and enhance integrated urban planning and management capacity in the project cities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) cash compensation for affected agricultural land at hundred percent replacement cost; (ii) users who are leased rights to use land on the basis of contracts with individuals, families, or organizations, other than the cases specified in point shall be compensated for remaining values invested in such land and affected assets created on such land at full replacement cost; (iii) if affected lands are not entitled to the compensation, PAPs will be assisted in cash with an amount of at least thirty percent of land compensation value; (iv) in the case of the remaining land is not large enough to rebuild house, but there is pond/garden/agricultural land in the same or adjacency with the affected plot it could be converted into residential land according to the provisions of PPC to be able to rebuild house on site; (v) compensation in cash for affected part of houses/structures at hundred percent replacement cost and costs for repairing the remaining part; (vi) compensation for the removal of graves/tombs will include the costs of buying new land (if necessary), excavation, relocation, reburial and other related costs which are necessary to satisfy customary requirements; (vii) for the tree that can be replanted, the transportation cost and the actual damage due to the transportation and re-planting shall be compensated; (viii) compensation for affected assets at replacement costs and/or costs for transferring and installing according to providers’ regulations; and (ix) cash compensation for loss of public structures at replacement cost to rebuild or repair.
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The development objective of the Second Sustainable Cities Project for Turkey is to improve the access to targeted municipal services in participating municipalities and utilities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) full replacement cost and maximum effort to avoid land take before harvest; (2) each crop and or tree will be considered according to its characteristics (annual or perennial, maturity, average yield on a minimum of 3 years etc.); (3) the land should be returned to the project affected individual, in the same condition as it was taken; (4) full compensation based on the replacement cost in a similar and comparable area plus moving and transitional allowance; (5) assistance with finding a new place and moving and transition allowance; and (6) assistance in the effort to improve the livelihoods and standard of living to restore to pre-displacement levels.
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The development objective of the Second Sustainable Cities Project for Turkey is to improve the access to targeted municipal services in participating municipalities and utilities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) full replacement cost and maximum effort to avoid land take before harvest; (2) each crop and or tree will be considered according to its characteristics (annual or perennial, maturity, average yield on a minimum of 3 years etc.); (3) the land should be returned to the project affected individual, in the same condition as it was taken; (4) full compensation based on the replacement cost in a similar and comparable area plus moving and transitional allowance; (5) assistance with finding a new place and moving and transition allowance; and (6) assistance in the effort to improve the livelihoods and standard of living to restore to pre-displacement levels.
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This report outlines the agreed plan for the resettlement of persons who will be affected by implementation of the Zanzibar Municipal Council (ZMC) Municipal Solid Waste Landfill and Septic Sludge Treatment Facility project located at Kibele village, Tunguu Shehia, Tunguu Ward,Central District, South Region, on Unguja Island, Zanzibar.
... See More + The plan has been prepared as the project will involve land take and displacement of dwellings and current land uses on the site causing relocation of people and their assets, affecting livelihoods and other associated impacts. Some of the mitigation measures include: all assets lost/affected will be compensated by the project. The compensation will cover the individual land lost, residential structures, unfinished structures, permanent crops/trees and seasonal crops; PAPs loosing residential houses or business premises will receive accommodation allowances lasting 36 months to enable pay rent while re-establishing/building their new houses. Also, PAPs whose business will be disrupted crops will be entitled to loss of profit allowance; and appropriately pay compensation to PAPs for lost farms/ crops, income generating activities and other means of livelihoods. Appropriately provide alternative location for farming families for livelihoods continuity.
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Ratings for the Urban Community-Driven Development Project for Haiti were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was substantial, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: CDD approaches can enable engagement with municipalities for further urban development initiatives in Haiti. The election of mayors in 2016 provides an opportunity to directly engage with municipalities to support the provision of basic services through financing and capacity building for investment planning and execution. CDD approaches can be used by local governments as citizen participation tools to (i) engage in urban planning and inform project identification, and (ii) collect/provide feedback on specific needs and satisfaction levels during implementation, thus strengthening social accountability and trust in government institutions. The CDD approach in the fragile urban context of Haiti successfully helped mitigate conflict and violence and improved access to basic services but may not necessarily lead to large and sustainable income-generating impacts. The RSCG Operational Manual helped develop a modus operandi that could be used globally to support shelter solutions for displaced persons other than camps. As an instrument to transit out of camps to better housing and more normal conditions or as an alternative to shelter in camps, rental grants can provide eligible households with support in a form other than camp lodging with all its downsides. Whether this instrument can facilitate more rapid integration of displaced persons or refugees into receiving communities would have to be tested. Although this scheme provides an instrument that could prove timely in the aftermath of a disaster or in a refugee crisis, its phasing out presents a challenge. Regular monitoring and follow up on the renters and clear alternative plans for the renters, who could not afford to stay after one year, need to complement this instrument. Implementation of social housing projects with community management of shared spaces are possible in the Haitian context, despite the lower social cohesion in urban areas, mistrust of state actors and weak land-tenure systems.
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The development objective of the Second Sustainable Cities Project for Turkey is to improve the planning capacity of and access to targeted municipal services in participating municipalities and municipal utilities (henceforth “utilities”).
... See More + The Environmental and Social Management Framework forms a scope of the comprehensive environmental and social management approach that has been adopted for acknowledging the potential environmental and social impacts from the SCP II. The ESMF seeks to consolidate and facilitate understanding of all necessary policy and regulatory features of the Turkish Government as well as the World Bank’s environmental and social safeguards policies that are applicable to the project. Currently, the details (location, dimension and design) of the SCP are not definite. Therefore, the detailed assessment of possible social and environmental impacts of the Project is not achievable at this time. However, the ESMF will cover the entire related environmental and social framework from the previous SCP project and include the impacts of the new financing options as well. The ESMF serves as an overall and systematic guide covering policies, procedures and provisions that are to be integrated with the overall project period to ensure that the social and environmental issues are systematically addressed at the sub-project stage. Furthermore, the ESMF provides technical inputs and guidance for the SCP from an environmental and social management perspective. Therefore, the application and implementation of the ESMF will guide the integration of social and environmental aspects into the decision making process of all stages related to planning, design, execution, operation and maintenance of sub-projects, by identifying, preventing and /or minimizing adverse social and environmental impacts early on in the project cycle.
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The development objective of Second Sustainable Cities Project for Turkey is to improve the access to targeted municipal services in participating municipalities and utilities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) positioning clear warning and information signs around the construction zone; (ii) considering disabled, women, children and people with special needs while locating and marking alternative roads (roundabouts); (iii) throwing water on the ground where dust is generated, disposing of excess material and cleaning the location upon the finalization of works; (iv) compliant warehousing of fuel and lubricant, and in case of a spill out, isolation and cleaning of the location; (v) minimizing the areas requiring the removal of vegetation, and upon finalization of works, replace or restore removed vegetation; (vi) depositing all excess excavated material in a compliant manner into a carefully selected landfill determined by relevant municipal bodies for utility affairs; (vii) organizing all necessary measures to protect the location; (viii) scheduling interruptions in water supply in cooperation with the Water Supply Company and informing the population with the objective of minimizing the negative effect on the population; (ix) all non-dangerous waste and excavated material generated in the course of construction has to be deposited in the landfill and in a manner that is not harmful to the environment; (x) establish continuous chlorination control and monitoring, chlorination equipment maintenance procedures, storage procedures, and emergency response procedures; and (xi) wastewaters discharged into municipal wastewater collection system.
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The development objective of Second Sustainable Cities Project for Turkey is to improve the access to targeted municipal services in participating municipalities and utilities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) positioning clear warning and information signs around the construction zone; (ii) considering disabled, women, children and people with special needs while locating and marking alternative roads (roundabouts); (iii) throwing water on the ground where dust is generated, disposing of excess material and cleaning the location upon the finalization of works; (iv) compliant warehousing of fuel and lubricant, and in case of a spill out, isolation and cleaning of the location; (v) minimizing the areas requiring the removal of vegetation, and upon finalization of works, replace or restore removed vegetation; (vi) depositing all excess excavated material in a compliant manner into a carefully selected landfill determined by relevant municipal bodies for utility affairs; (vii) organizing all necessary measures to protect the location; (viii) scheduling interruptions in water supply in cooperation with the Water Supply Company and informing the population with the objective of minimizing the negative effect on the population; (ix) all non-dangerous waste and excavated material generated in the course of construction has to be deposited in the landfill and in a manner that is not harmful to the environment; (x) establish continuous chlorination control and monitoring, chlorination equipment maintenance procedures, storage procedures, and emergency response procedures; and (xi) wastewaters discharged into municipal wastewater collection system.
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The development objective of the Statistics for Decision Making in Kosovo is to strengthen the production of data and indicators by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) in key areas, including poverty, social inclusion, health and informality.
... See More + The Grant was approved on September 2, 2016, however there was a delay in countersigning the grant. It became effective only on February 27, 2017. Since February, there has been a discussion and revision of the necessary steps to start procurement activities on the project, including revisions to the procurement plan,terms of reference for the different assignments, discussion on needs for training (STEP and SurveySolutions), and discussion of survey implementation timelines to maximize data quality. The procurement plan is now finalized, and General Procurement Notice has been approved by the Bank.Due to these delays, Kosovo Agency of Statistics has asked for one year extension of the closing date, to allow to complete the project. The project closing date is extended to December 28, 2018.
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